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What is the noun for weakness?

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weakness
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being weak.
  2. (countable) An inadequate quality; fault
  3. (countable) A special fondness or desire.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “His strength is fading, gradually being overtaken by increased weakness in his physical being.”
      “His constant vacillations point to a distinct weakness when it comes to his decisiveness.”
      “His key weakness is his inability to focus on the job at hand without being distracted.”
weakening
  1. An instance or process of loss of strength.
  2. (mathematics) A structural principle of mathematical logic that states that the hypotheses of any derived fact may be freely extended with additional assumptions.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “While it can take many forms, it essentially always refers to the weakening of the walls of a blood vessel.”
      “Moving forward, we expect a slight weakening of reserves towards the end of the year.”
weakling
weakishness
  1. The quality or state of being weakish.
weakener
  1. a person who, or thing that weakens
  2. Examples:
    1. “Korea can serve as a facilitator or a delayer, a weakener or a strengthener, and so on.”
weaknesse
  1. Obsolete form of weakness.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Such was the weaknesse of this poore Commonwealth, as had the salvages not fed us, we directly had starved.”
      “Should I ascribe any of these things unto myself or my sexly weaknesse, I were not worthy to live.”
weakliness
weakenings
weakeners
  1. plural of weakener
weaklings
  1. plural of weakling
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The shark's job is to weed out the weaklings, the ill and the infirm and it is designed for that job.”
      “Born prematurely, they suffered from febrile seizures as toddlers, a condition which left them weaklings.”
      “There is, and always has been, a lot more to women than the meek, submissive weaklings that we have been made out to be throughout the centuries.”
weaknesses
  1. plural of weakness
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  3. Examples:
    1. “They hope the DNA sequence will identify weaknesses in the bacterium's genetic armour and possibly its Achilles' heel.”
      “The objective of the event is to explore the strengths and weaknesses of franchising as a source of new business opportunities.”
      “If a boss closes one eye to the weaknesses of apple-polishers, soon or later the company will close shopand he might as well close both eyes!”
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